OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs SAP Business Warehouse comparison

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs. SAP Business Warehouse

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Analytics Database...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (6th)

SAP Business Warehouse

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is 5.6%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business Warehouse is 2.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)	5.6%
SAP Business Warehouse	2.4%
Other	92.0%

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Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

Data warehousing has transformed reporting performance and now delivers near real-time insights

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a very powerful analytic database, but like any platform, there are areas where it can improve to make daily work even smoother. Better cloud-native experience is one area for improvement. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) was originally designed as an on-premises analytic database and later moved to cloud. Improvement opportunities include more seamless cloud-native features such as auto-scaling, serverless options, and easier cluster management. Competitors such as Snowflake and BigQuery provide more fully managed experiences. Easier UI is another area for improvement. Most administration is currently done by SQL and command line tools. An improvement opportunity would be a more modern web UI for monitoring, workload management, and troubleshooting. Faster ecosystem and community growth is needed. In short, OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve in areas such as cloud-native capability, modern UI for administration, stronger real-time streaming integration, and growing its ecosystem and community. These enhancements would make it easier to manage and adopt compared to newer cloud-first analytic platforms. From a day-to-day operational perspective, there are a few areas where OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve to make our work smoother. Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management. Right now, monitoring queries often requires system tables and manual analysis. Troubleshooting slow queries takes time. A modern real-time dashboard showing query bottlenecks and resource users would enable quick detection. The impact could be faster issue resolution and less time spent debugging performance. Storage native interaction with modern data tools is also important. In short, from a day-to-day perspective, improvements in automatic projection optimization, better workload monitoring dashboard, easier schema evolution, and stronger modern tool integration would significantly reduce manual tuning effort and improve developer productivity. While OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very powerful, these enhancements would make it more efficient for the analytics team.

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VishnuReddy2

Consulting Enterprise Architect at R2V2.ai

Have encountered complexity with programming language while working on large-scale data integration and have experienced improved governance and reporting

The only complexity I find with the product is the programming language; people find it harder, but once you know the language, it's not that difficult. Regarding the future of SAP Business Warehouse, I would to see added features that simplify the product very well now. They are coming up with a terminology called SAP BDC where they are consolidating their tools, SAP Data Sphere for integration and SAP BW for the ETL and warehousing parts, and SAP Analytics Cloud. They are packaging these three features and calling it Business Data Cloud; they are fully coming on the cloud. We have to wait and watch; they have been speaking about BW/4HANA for quite some time now, but the customers or clients I work with are not finding great interest and it was seen as a candidate for evaluation. I have seen people looking at the latest technologies who are already on cloud who started building from scratch on cloud, such as Snowflake or Databricks, which can process very huge amounts of data and also address unstructured data, where SAP lags behind in cases where there is a need to bring in unstructured data. I have worked with SAP Data Intelligence, which earlier used to be called SAP Data Hub. The unstructured data is not greatly handled in SAP at this point in time.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"HPE Vertica is a unique solution as it handles a huge magnitude of data with matchless speed and simplicity."

"I like the projection feature, which increases query performance."

"Massive data ingestion performance."

"With the addition of Vertica to handle big data queries, these reports are now returned in under 15 seconds."

"Partition and join back to node are easy and simple for DBAs."

"OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) has impacted my organization a lot in terms of driving the key results and giving the key insights to the leadership, and through those data points, a good amount of decisions have been made which was really helpful and impactful at an organizational level."

"Vertica is superior to other solutions in query performance."

"Bulk loads, batch loads, and micro-batch loads have made it possible for our organization to process near real-time ingestions and faster analytics."

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"I think BW is one of the best products at the moment."

"The most useful feature is definitely the speed."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Business Warehouse is transformation, where I extract data from different sources, particularly the raw data. Then I do some transformations and store that in a format that allows me to do reporting easily."

"My advice would be if you have a data block and if you really want a big solution on the reporting side of it with slicing and dicing, definitely go ahead with BW when it comes to SAP related data."

"What I like most about SAP Business Warehouse is that it's a seamless integration platform."

"What I like most about SAP Business Warehouse is its ability to feed data into new, multiple systems in various formats."

"In terms of stability, comparatively, the solution is quite stable."

"We switched to SAP because the solution is more comfortable to work with."

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Cons

"In our company, we have faced difficulties in scaling the solution for certain use cases."

"Documentation has become much better, but can always use some improvement."

"I'm concerned that HP Enterprise has sold their software business, and worry about future investment to enhance predictive/machine-learning capabilities."

"I think they need an easy client so that you can write queries easily, but it's not necessarily a weak point."

"Machine learning implementations."

"They could improve the integration and some of the features in the cloud version."

"Vertica offers a platform-as-a-service version, but their software-as-a-service solution is only available on AWS. They need to get a SaaS version on Azure and GCP as fast as possible."

"The biggest problem is the cost of cloud deployment."

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"They should reduce the product’s installation package size for easier downloading."

"SAP Business Warehouse could improve by having more out-of-the-box use cases to cover more business types or operations."

"Integration with SAP Business Warehouse's ETL tools is not straightforward."

"So far, the initial setup process in our company has not been easy enough for us to understand."

"It's a product that is at the end of life so they will not improve it anymore."

"I would for sure like to see a different end solution in order to read the data and attract internal users."

"The problem with BW, and the factor that differentiated it from the original BW, is that you only get limited functionality with your runtime license, so you have to pay extra for extracting data."

"What I'd like to improve in SAP Business Warehouse is its data structure, that's a little bit rigid."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's an expensive product"

"From a cost perspective, the software is less than most of its competitors."

"The pricing depends on the license model because there are several. It depends on the client, but it's cheaper than other solutions. I think it's cheap for all the functionality and robustness. It's not very expensive to deploy."

"It is fast to purchase through the AWS Marketplace."

"I am aware that we have licensed it, but I have no knowledge of its cost."

"I think it's starting to get a little expensive. Open source products are starting to get more robust, so I think that's something that they need to start looking at in terms of licensing."

"The pricing for this solution is very reasonable compared to other vendors."

"The solution is free and we pay for the storage."

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"The licensing cost for SAP Business Warehouse depends on your revenue. Its licensing structure is a little bit complicated. The more your revenue is, the higher the price, but SAP does have different pricing structures for various companies. For small businesses, licensing isn't based on revenue, but for big companies, it's revenue-based. There's some agreement regarding pricing for huge companies, so it's different, and SAP Business Warehouse pricing isn't fixed. On a scale of one to ten, I'm rating the licensing cost for SAP Business Warehouse as five because it's very high. As your revenue grows, your licensing cost also increases, so you have to factor that in when calculating your cost."

"It's moderately expensive, but definitely has its branding and price value for it."

"It's quite pricey. SAP changed its pricing policy, so they give you one engine and then you have to buy everything next to it, like MSS, the BPC licenses, and everything else."

"I would not recommend it to small-scale companies. The price is too much."

"Overall, the pricing is not fixed and is expensive."

"SAP Business Warehouse licensing is a bit expensive compared to other products in the market."

"The solution is quite expensive."

"The license for SAP Business Warehouse is paid yearly, and there's no extra cost in addition to the standard licensing fees."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

10%

Retailer

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	43

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Vertica?

Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is limited because the organization handled the licensing and pricing as well as the cost setup.

What needs improvement with Vertica?

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is already doing great. There could be a community which could have been much more advanced and more people can be engaged so that any kind of questions, queri...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Business Warehouse?

The pricing for SAP Business Warehouse is on the expensive side. I am not sure about the current costing model as such. In my experience on cloud, I did not use BW HANA Cloud. I used the cloud prod...

What needs improvement with SAP Business Warehouse?

What is your primary use case for SAP Business Warehouse?

I am using SAP Business Warehouse in my organization for data warehousing as well as an ETL tool. Integration with SAP Business Warehouse's ETL tools is not straightforward. Integration with SAP ER...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand

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Overview

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica is known for its fast data loading and efficient query processing, providing scalability and user-friendliness with a low cost per TB. It supports large data volumes with OLAP, clustering, and parallel ingestion capabilities.

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica is designed to handle substantial data volumes with a focus on speed and efficient storage through its columnar architecture. It offers advanced performance features like workload isolation and compression, ensuring flexibility and high availability. The database is optimized for scalable data management, supporting data scientists and analysts with real-time reporting and analytics. Its architecture is built to facilitate hybrid deployments on-premises or within cloud environments, integrating seamlessly with business intelligence tools like Tableau. However, challenges such as improved transactional capabilities, optimized delete processes, and better real-time loading need addressing.

What features define OpenText Analytics Database Vertica?

Fast Data Loading: Quickly ingests large data volumes.
Columnar Storage: Optimizes storage efficiency and speed.
OLAP Support: Provides robust analytics capabilities.
Advanced Compression: Enhances storage efficiency and performance.
Parallel Data Ingestion: Enables faster data processing.
Fault Tolerance: Ensures high availability and reliability.

What benefits should users expect?

Cost Efficiency: Low cost per TB is advantageous.
Scalability: Accommodates growing data needs seamlessly.
Integration Flexibility: Works well with BI tools like Tableau.
Real-Time Reporting: Delivers immediate insights for decision-making.

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica's implementation spans industries such as finance, healthcare, and telecommunications. It serves as a central data warehouse offering scalable management, high-speed processing, and geospatial functions. Companies benefit from its capacity to integrate machine learning and operational reporting, enhancing analytical capabilities.

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SAP Business Warehouse integrates real-time data access via HANA, with Microsoft Excel and SAP ERP for enhanced data transformation and reporting. Known for its speed and hybrid features, it meets diverse data governance needs.

SAP Business Warehouse is designed to streamline data access and transformation with its integration capabilities. Its speed and efficiency are complemented by advanced reporting features and a robust authorization model. Users benefit from drag-and-drop reporting and alert systems that enhance operational efficiency. Despite its strengths, improvements are necessary in user friendliness, data integration, and reporting speed. Users require better trend analysis tools, increased visualization capabilities, and a more flexible configuration to optimize use. Real-time data access remains an area for development.

What features define SAP Business Warehouse?

HANA Integration: Enables real-time data access
Excel and ERP Integration: Seamless interaction with popular tools
Advanced Reporting: Delivers high-quality reporting capabilities
Hybrid Functionality: Offers versatile use cases
Drag-and-Drop: Simplifies reporting and analysis tasks
Authorization Model: Ensures secure data handling

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Operational Efficiency: Enhanced by alert and monitoring tools
Data Governance: Robust models meet diverse needs
Centralized Data: Comprehensive data storage and access
Decision-Making Support: BI tools inform strategic planning

SAP Business Warehouse plays a crucial role in industries like finance and supply chain, leveraging data warehousing, ETL processes, and powerful BI applications to enhance decision-making with tools like Business Objects, Tableau, and Power BI. It serves as a central data repository, facilitating extensive reporting and analysis capabilities.

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Sample Customers

Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs. SAP Business Warehouse